If one uses logging, the logfiles should be placed in a group/account that
resides
on a different volume set.  In this manner if the volume set that contains the
database is lost, the logfiles are available to assist with recovery.  And
if the
volume set containing the logfiles is lost at least the database should be
fully
intact.  Once the volume set is repaired and back-up, simply setup another
sync
point and restart logging to continue.  If one is relying on logging for
recovery
purposes and has not separated the logfiles from the database at the volume
set
level, then they run the risk that this logging effort may not help in any
type
of recovery.



At 12:52 PM 11/8/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>This is the kind of mess we already got into. We have our logfiles on ldev 1
>and the data bases split among the other 3 drives. We have only a small 947
>with 2 1gig and 2 2gig drives and no private volumes. When we lost ldev 1
>the logfiles were clobbered and the data bases are on the other drives
>cannot be recovered when you have no ldev1 (catch 22). Paranoid me having
>been burnt once by this does not intend to burnt again.
>While I have implemented the copying to PC procedure for now, I  am still
>not happy with it and hope somebody will let us spend the $$ on a raid
>solution.
>If anybody has a way to allow me to open the logfile and pull records from
>it as they are  written to it  I would be interested to hear how to do this.
>
>Gary Nolan
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 11:44 AM
>Subject: Re:Image log files
>
>
>> Gary Nolan sez:
>>
>> Logging to disc is great as long as you don't lose ldev 1 (as we
>> found out the hard way).
>>
>> Why limit your log file to LDEV 1? If you limit the log file to
>> a spindle that does not contain your databases, you should be
>> protected in the event a disk fails - either you lose the
>> database, or you lose the log file, but not both.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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